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Show bo Charlle-va- s rather Inclined to be- lieve Capt Brand had started 1st to work up some new scheme looking to the acquisition and sequestration of his daughter s gold "If I am feeling quite vrlll; surely tot dinner." Hu was forced tjAe content. he watched her, his soul In h'a yes, as she walked to the elevator. Charlie hoped to discover how thla Was there ever a tpore queenly girl W0T1GE ItATBBORNE , fellowwhofti he brileved he had than Lady Arllne; one with a greater 1''' MMioiu " Tkt apidur-- , concentrated la face, Mt ido "Km Lmpnot, M known as Capt. Kledge, and Artemus share ot beauty actor figure and mind pretended w as a third rate Ere the elevator car shot toward tha named Frederick Davenport Macauley had ever come Into possession of the rpper realms she waved her hand to Wrilaieio4Snilik. Nw Vtik. facts connected with Capt. Brand of bleu and gave him a ravishing smile. X And that smile haunted him a long Cbrltt ( not Bpare himself one the lost ship Hespasla. for It was the last time he was them The about time, exasperat fog bung lots. hoarse-throatefated to look upon her face until monotonous and the Ingly, n H e red hi senses Just as whistle kept up Its warning destiny had been utterly fulfilled, tha ths tad been engaged look notes until they were closa to Fire Is- drama carried to Its concluding scene, Ing after se urity of the fait cap- land when suddenly the vapor most terrible of all light, tive, entm prison w ay and the shore of Long Island Sauntering Into the rotunda of the gave Th I1 stormed and raved more the hotel Charlie lighted a weed and then in showing view, already appeared or les wis he discovered how they of spring began to remember there were others had b( 8 kit a tn 80 neatly by this Qrst stgrs "had what few ar in the world besides himself and ArCharlie perfected viora he looked upon as a rangements remained They would all llne Brand bungler Where was Artemus for Instance? old Windsor, and there Charlie legged the baron to trouble go direct to the an And Capt Brand? Who bad now when of await the Aleck, coming himself ns longer about Capt Brand, been ashore long enough to get hla Arllne and him Interview between since ArHoo was doubtless by this must result tn happiness all around bearings and figure on some desperate time safe board the steamer It seemed simple enough, yet none move "Very ovas the baron's reply, of them for an Instant Perhaps It would be best, as hla auspected what with S s!j g( Relief, for he seemed to tremendous In good sense suggested, to seek assisawaited them things he oYerbsrdeoad of late with official this capital of the New tance In outwitting the great schemer. cares or ete.ihlng that pressed upon World,magnificent Clever minds could be controlled for or the forces which might yet "fcJht his mind, If you hops to get be them through the money, detectives who were able to arrayed against aboard bjfare jthe steamer leaves you and scheming of the man who cope with even such a remarkable must burr, (or there Is Just a scant energy scoundrel as he conceived this man to would not accept defeat half Hbnr. Here then, the last dramatic scene be, and who would speedily put him on Charlie ailed for a eo and said was to be Here Charlie was his back in the first round. He to win his placed.or lose her forever good by to Us friend, the baron And yet the wretched result of hla bride, would &lvnfhave a lingering sus- In this city of restless energy, of won- arrangement with the great Baron picion Petwkoff was glad to get rid derful and unequaled magni- Peterhoff aroused serious doubts tn hie of him, m though he thought Charlie ficence, buildings his enemy would mind. If the fascinating presence of Charlie and and hla tfttn took up too much of come face to face for the last time. woman could so upset a sagacious his precloti time, which should be deHeaven be on the aide of the right master of finesse and diplomacy, who voted to Bitters of more serious conand strengthen the arm of this war- could be trusted? sequence. There was apparently time. rior bold who dared all In defense of He msuged to get aboard Just as Brand would hardly get hla columns what was Innocent and true. ths order ts draw in the last gangIn motion under a day or two. reached the had almost Brand Capt plank nupTen. This sailing at night end of his rope, and would doubtless Charlie could be governed by dr was somelMng quite out of the usual husband the remainder of hla re- cumstances and the trend of events. run, hut tWe was a special reason sources for one masBesides, there was Artemus, whose lpat desperate, for 4t,qultt satisfactory to the officials terful stroke by which he would win wits were of the brightest, and who of the lint and all Intended passen- or ldfce ail. might ba depended on, to accomplish gers bad ken warned to be on board As usual, there vu the customs more than a little, looking toward the In time. trial to be passed through, but when exposure of the great fraud. It happad that Charlie discovered the These soothing reflections came la gantlet had been successfully-rasome degree through the Influence of Capt Braid In the amoklng saloon In they were free time to hep beyond the range of iiIb The great and wonderful city the magic weed, for to Its devoted vis ion. votaries tobacco seems to be an inbefore them. stretched 1 o Chuttes astonlehment. when cense which creates optimist where and was the To Arllne It all new, Bri ind toot a notion to retire, he blunhad pravloualy were strange to her ayes only pessimism that sights der ed Into the wrong stateroonv, which she found to be numerous, from the reigned. contemchi need to be the one that had been And of course lofty buildings to the electric cars that Uk Igned to Stuart dashed along at an apparently reckless plated with more or les complacency 1 his might have been deep design, the high degree ot happiness that speed. but after arefully considering it from would be his portion when the blessed Brand accepted everything Capt. all sides, Charlie felt disposed to call time arrived for him to claim Arllne philosophically. It i n ac'cUrnt. He had seen the world; hla check- Brand as hla own darling wife, with room Jfe fotod rest In another1 ered career had embraced every no one, not even n haunting memory whllph tbi steward opened for him. events that of the burled past, to say him nay, . and the clime, startling And toe here they were, with an had fallen to his share would have laid He had figured it all out, and deelephant w their hands, no to sppak, the foundation for a very fair second cided that be would make full and free bound to tome Into dally and hourly edition of Munchausen or the Arabian confession regarding hla one forlorn contact with the strange man whom experience In Cupids realms. Nights. they stroqly suspected, and with good' No doubt Charlie took considerable Arllne was deeply concerned about I reason, g being a most stupendous not had whom she pleasure In speculating upon the varAleck, wayward v I he In which fraud, t might bring iou waya seen in so long a time, tbeae Important matters to a focus, Hla whole future waa at stake. . U shr TriUnid bln all might he hut never once did ,be dream ot the wonderful and fearful event by mean lost. ff Fire Island Light which the desired end would be of been had her this had written from Antwerp Tea, wearing upon n quarters In London, from mind ao long now that It affected her swiftly attained. Again and again he looked toward There may bare been somewhich lit might expect to receive posi- nerves. Fifth avenue entrance aa the door the susU of which them neither ormatlon regarding Captain thing more, tive "new comers, but Arte-mu- s Brant ' pected a premonition of the startling swung behind remained only conspicuous by his events destined to take place In their He to done this to satisfy Arllne. seem absence. So fs as he himself was concerned experience; for some mind Could anything have happened; his tnli was already made up most gifted with an almost supernatural the bold and reckless would Capt. to f. , power anticipate coming changes, positive by lopping oft It Bs id was surprised to see Char even as the mercury In the ba- Brand begin operations be meant t Ue on) ard, he gave no evidence of rometers tube indicates a change In the limbs of the tree fell? occurs. before hours the weather it it a i It made him deucedly uncomfortable He wocted some affecting story, Taking a carriage, they were all which he spun In Arlines earn, and speedily located at the reliable old to even consider such a calamity. Surely some tremendous catastrophe with m I success that he actually Windsor. waa brooding over himself and hla forlearned Charlie that i ascenof his little former inquiry Upon gained tunes. or could It be he was partaking dency la her mind, since she was aome one had called for him only the hauntd' by doubts wnlcV it seemed day before, and he waa constrained to of Arllne slow splritt? Waa his cigar to b!ame? Ah! a . believe it must be the young fellow to dispel. Impost!) waa on tha tapla, for there change In tha Artenus amused himself studying who had been hts companion Artemus bustling In from the came had and whose n Jail, escape ok even He Antwerp mariner. the played ' ouUlde night air. few genes with him in the smoking-room- , rivaled that of Monte Crista ba continued.) (To This was good news. where men ot gll degrees are He bad left word he would call social; Inclined. HAS NOVEL TEST OF DEATH. Captain Brand waa the same as of again, so that all they had to do was to leave a message for him at the I fore. Device of a French Phyalclan Seem The tales he spun of his wonderful desk, and await developments. te Leave All Doubt Behind. adventures in the African deserts Arllne was not recovered from the ot being buried alive la comHorror weird was were enough to take ones effect of the voyage; at least, ahe whole human race, and mon to the until this breath away. la no humor for alght-aeelnArtis us listened, almost charmed; long anticipated Interview with her from time Immemorial experiments have been in progress with the view were over. and his Interest grew apace until one of making auch a terrible fate ImIt him strack that the personal day go she kept her room much of the possible. Some physicians maintain adventures which the captain ao mod- time. that satisfactory tests can also be estly licribed to himself had a someWhen the uncalled Capt Brand net made by the nse of the Roentgen rays, what musty flavof, as became ancient foot again in New Tork, ha faced new but It la not everyone who haa the ehestnstn. dangers. facilities for making auch tests, whereThis aroused suspicion. There were those upon the Rialto, as anyone can make a teat on the plan Arias us set about an investigation. Lo ssd behold, upon secretly looking actors of greater or lesser degree, who devised by Dr. Icard, a phyalclan ot Freder- Marseilles, France. The doctor uses Into toe captain stateroom, while must have had dealings with the finoreacln, the ick during Macanley coloring Davenport was forth the gentlemsn among holding have material, and his experiments his croriei above, Artemus discovered palmy days of yore, when he played man- proved so successful that they have B volume of "Adventures his little part In the drama, and ot the and Explorations la the Dark Contln-anL- " fully plod his way, footsore andtoweary, won for him the approval ln New French Academjr of Science. over the railway tie back of the unsuccessful an tour human York after the into body, Injected was secret out The captain's produces absolutely no effect If the For nce he had carelessly omitted provinces. Some of these worthies could be de- body la dead, whereas it produces to keep the source of hla knowledge pended on to recognise their old com- most surprising effect if the body Is under kck And key. Dr. Icard used a solution ot It Artcsus borrowed the volume and rade of those halcyon days, despite the alive. eo strong that a tingle Is which have radical might change prosperity to have took espioss notes, Intending able to color 40,000 quarts is and In his gramme made appearance personal a littll fua a, Brands expense from of water. bearing. time t time. If a little of this solution la InjectThua evening found them. He took occasion to relate all this Cfcarlle had the pleasure of dining ed under the skin of a living person in to Charlie, who, In turn, told Lady Artwo minutes the skin and especially with Lady Arllne. ' llne. i to cheer her the mucous membranes, will become himself exerted He up. Strasge that even this new and Several times she seemed to tem- much discolored, and the person will blackeiing evidence could not wholly of one sufferconvince her. Filial love must have porarily throw off the strange stupor present the appearance an acute ot jaundice. from attack and her settled had spirits, tening that upon had a grotg hold indeed upon the of a der hert ot this girl who had from for a short period appeared to be her Moreover, the eyea will become alchtldhdtd Inown so little of parental old self, when, by degrees, the melan- greenish color and the pupils will These Invisible. sympbecome most back again. choly crept affect!- - ; said Cbarlle.'when she toms prill remain for one or possibly She Invented excuses fpr him a defre to see la print tha map of was leaving him to, go to her rooms, two hours and then will gradually disthe couitry where he had so long been "I hope we will have Aleck here with appear. Since fluorescln produces this a prlsoer, and to have his recollec- us, and then all must be well. You effect on a living body It naturally folcan dismiss doubts and fears, to be lows, according to Dr. Icard, that any tion of ttes revived. body on which It produces no effect The forage was on the whole, a happy once more. fancies. must be dead. foolish will You my all ended forghe e, it stormy ft out to Charlie You are always so cheerful and kind," tOO fHHiU Bhe munnuredrwhtte he war holding We,mus b as careful to . keep tbf searel the shores of Amer- friends, as to make them. The affec-pepher hand, and a lose squeezing old ardently to ica the captain seen; tlona should not be mere"tenU of goodly nion of his loquacity, and be- haps quite unconsciously. a night. then. Friendship gives no prlvl-leg- e "Until came ugisaatly reserved. make to ourselves disagreeable. V he breakfast I at "Shall you he see, Artertus flaMred hirvelf that Lord Avebury. was ihI Bsqln cause rf t.lt coliiphe asked, eagerly. So- ,hlM d bro.) r, n our-Char- lle vum I He is arisen, the Ood in Man, who strove Through the long ages with his bestial past He is arisen, and through the gates of love. Hath entered to his heritage at last And Death, the shadow that his footsteps fled. In terror of the asphodel and tomb. Is robbed of all hia panoply of dread. And garbed in glory of the lily's bloom W W il O W Oh, long had earth been a tlethsemane. Oh, long bad man worn red crown of pain, And many a soul had fared to Calvary Bearing its cross of wretchedness and ahame. No more, no more, into the voiceless dark Sinks he to rest, fearing the dreamless night 1'or Christ is risen, and the immortal spark ' Of God In him hath kindled heavenly light OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO o The Origin, of the Cross 000000000000000000000000.0000000000000000 tian The the origin of the cross as a symbol Is shrouded in the dim mists of almost prehistoric antiquity. Centuries before the Gallic and Cymric Celts warmed over England, centuries before the lowly Nazarene began promulgating his doctrines, centuries before the beginning of the Old Testament history, the cross was an Important factor in the Uvea of men. It forms part of the lore o? the most ancient of religions Never Is a great excavation made but that many variations of the cross forms are exhumed and under circumstances which prove that they have been religious symbols. There are many evidences to prove that prior to the time of Christ tae Cross was with the Jews a sign of salvation. The brazen serpent was Moses instructed the people of Israel to mark their doorposts with the blood of the sacrificial lamb he told them to make the mark in the form of a cross The sign of the cross Is frequently found on ancient Jewish monuments near Perseapolis. What became of tae true cross Is one of the greatest miracles of all time. It 1b true that tnere are in many Old and New World cathedrals bits of wood purporting to be part of the true cross. In some cases, notably that which concerns the fragment of the tablet placed over tae cross by Pflates order, and which is now In the ancient church of Santa Croce tot Rome, their authenticity seems fairly well established; but so minute are the fragments that, according to one ancient writer. If all were collected and put togetner they would only make a block oi wood about im fees wide twenty Inches lung.-eigthick. lrches three And It was three centuries after the crucifixion of Christ before the cross was found. Its discovery was due to tae Emthe devout Helena, wife of abolished who Constantine. peror crucifixion and to whom the Chris ht religion owes original adop- tion of the cross as a symbol. Over the spot where the cross waa discovered a chapel was erected and the sacred wood was retained by Helena in Jerusalem and deposited under tne great church or basilica erected over the place of by Constantine crucifixion and burial. For three hundred peaceful years the cross remained In tue custody of the Bishop of Jerusalem. Every Easter It was e1 hiblted to the pilgrims who thronged the Holy City. Then came three hundred years of comparative obscurity, from which the cross emerged to become the center of upheavals that convulsed the entire civilized world, arrayed the West against the East, and caused the spilling of oceans of blood the wars of the Crusades. The story of the valiant crusaders and their series of attempts to rescue the holy wood from Moslem hands is well known. After a series of vicissitudes, victory finally perched on the banners of the Saracens, who, under the great Saladln, defeated the Christians at Hattln, in a battle of frightful carnage. On that day, the 5th of July, 1187, the cross was lost to the Christians. It was never again recovered. Richard the Lion Hearted and many other warriors went to the rescue, but to no avail. Finally the cross disappeared. Of Its fate nothing is known. For hundreds of years a search was maintained, but without success. It la generally believed that the superstitious Moslems, fearing the powers of the cross, destroyed it In order to preventits possible RThis, In ecapture by the Christians. brief, is all that is known of the history- of the tree crorg Jtself. After the crucifixion over three centuries elarscd before the cross as a symbol in any form became a part of the church observance, and seven centuries passed 'beTOTe the crucifix was finally adopted. This prolonged two main delay proceeded from causes The early Christiana $ o had not fully eradicated the old prejudice against the cross, and they, thought the scene of the crucifixion too sacred to be pictured in Images. Prior to the fourth century the holiest of Christian symbols was the monogram of Christ It was V woven Into all ecclesiastical vestments and formed a prominent feature of other decorations. About fhe year 393 the first crucifix waa introduced Into the church. It was made of dark red wood and at the intersection of the two parts bore the figure of the lamb, the objection to the using of the actual figure of Christ being still strong. Somewhat later came the Greek crucifix, one of the most beautiful of all the forms, and which many contemporary divines contend would form a more fitting part of church ceremonials than the one- - in common nse. This Greek cross was meant to typify the triumph over death, but in such a manner aa to divest as far aa possible the entire subject of Its gruesome and morbid aspect. It blossomed with flowers of gold and silver and waa richly studded with gems. In 692, during the reign of Justinian, the Council of Trullo waa held. The object of the famous conference was to Revise a means by which to circumvent the mysticism and symbolism that were threatening to undermine the Christian Teligion and depriye It of Its true meaning. It was pointed out that the signs and symbols used In the service were becoming more and more Important than the things they stood for, and that to the ignorant mind the story of the life and sufferings of Christ began toT be' only a'sbrt or mythTan al!egoryt It was resolved to substitute the actual human figure of ' the crucified Christ for that of the symbolic. lamb. Thla act resulted In the creation of the orthodox crucifix of lo-da- - 1 - g half-broth- well-know- n Flu-oresc- s -- - ' |